Did You Know?

Can laptops cause a rash?
Keep a distance between you and your laptop. Prolonged contact between your skin and the hot under surface of you laptop can create a condition called “erythema ab igne”, literally meaning “redness by fire”. It presents as an unattractive net-like reddish brown discoloration of the front of the thighs. Caveat! The same thing can happen anywhere a heating pad is applied for too long.

Botox for 30 years?
An ENT journal recently published the results of a biopsy taken from the crow’s feet of a patient who had been treated with Botox regularly for 30 years. The muscle tissue appeared 100% normal. There was zero evidence of any atrophy. Scientists knew that all along, but it is always nice to prove it under the microscope.

Melanoma alert: newest areas of concern

Increased incidence in young women, because of tanning bed use.

Increased mortality in males over 50, because of delayed diagnosis.

One in 60 can now expect to develop malignant melanoma during his or her lifetime in the US, as opposed to one in 250 in 1980.

More than 60,000 cases of invasive melanomas and more than 50,000 in situ melanomas will be diagnosed this year.